Cross media design isn't really a new concept. I read Countdown. It fills in the gaps pretty well and it's sort of a "last hurrah" to the old universe, with many of the NG characters you love getting their dream jobs.

I've seen every Star Trek episode two or three times, and I did not realize until this very moment that Sulu and Chekov are two different characters. Was one of them a replacement character for the other or something?